--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Werner, I couldn't agree more.
> I think it's a crime that Asbury has now lost almost everything
that once made it great.
> Sadly, we don't seem to live in a world that values culture, and
fun and just plain
> recreation anymore. Everybody wants to make money.
> I think it sucks that AP is just going to become another faceless
homogonized condoland.
Jack, Thanks for the back-up. Allow me to just clarify my position.
The issue is Land Use and Planning as it relates to Economics. Your
reply above seems to imply that making money and the foregoing are
not related. IE: Condos=money, culture/fun/recreation donot=money.
I assert that for Asbury Park the highest economic return would be
development of its existing cultural heritage. As surrounding
communities develope (through myopic planning) into residential areas
Asbury Park becomes more valuable as an entertainment destination.
As with anything, building on an intrinsic value/marketing base would
generate revenue faster with less effort than reversing direction.
Had my recommendations been followed, we would currently have
significant tax ratables in the form of the Palace, Pavilions,
Albion, etc.
What we have, is a work in progress that goes contrary to Asbury
Park's market identity. We should/could be much farther along
economically after 6 years.
Too many eggs (condos) in one basket. Mixed use development with
focus on existing market identity would have been the 21st century
model to impliment. We are working with an obsolete 1980s urban
planning model.
Werner
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